Lu Li subconsciously hugged himself and looked over nervously.
As the footsteps approached, he saw...
A female came in.
The female was also dirty, with her hair hanging down beside her face, and she had never taken care of it.
The hide on his body was not tattered, but it looked covered in dust and dirt.
She tiptoed in, looking back from time to time, and walked faster and faster until she saw Lu Li and ran quickly to his side.
"Who are you and what do you want to do?"
Lu Li shrank back, thinking that this female was also in cahoots with the group of Canglang orcs and was coming to attack him.
"Don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person."
Seeing this, the female quickly explained in a low voice and covered his mouth with her hand.
Then he quickly pulled out an animal skin package from his arms, placed it on the ground and opened it.
Inside were several fist-sized fruits and some green plant leaves.
"You must be starving. Eat some fruit quickly. I don't have any meat to give you. Just fill your stomach first."
The female spoke in a low voice as she stuffed the fruit into Lu Li's hand.
Only then did Lu Li see her face clearly. She was a middle-aged female with wrinkles all over her face. Although her face was covered in dust, there was a kind look in her eyes.
Lu Li was starving. The meat he had eaten today had long been digested, and he had been beaten all afternoon, so he was now in pain and hungry.
He even felt like he was dying.
Seeing this, he didn't hesitate and started to wolf down the fruit.
Unexpectedly, he ate too quickly and the fruit pulp came out of his nose. Lu Li coughed violently with a red face.
"Ahem..."
"Eat slowly, don't be in a hurry. The Canglang beastmen have gone back to sleep and won't come in at this moment. Eat slowly, there's more if it's not enough."
The female reached out and patted his back, whispering soothingly.
Feeling the warm touch on his back, Lu Li paused, then started swallowing again in big gulps.
Before long, he had eaten all the fruits.
Even the core was eaten cleanly, leaving not a single bit of flesh.
"W-why did you give me food?"
After Lu Li finished eating, he looked at the female in front of him.
The female didn't say anything, but squatted in front of him, took out a green leaf from the package, put it in her mouth, chewed it for a few times, and spit it into the palm of her hand.
He twisted the green leaves between his fingers and gently wiped them on the wound on Lu Li's face.
Lu Li stepped back in pain.
The female was not angry and slowed down her movements. Lu Li seemed to sense her kindness and did not avoid her this time.
"This was originally the cave where Huang Tian lived. After Huang Tian left, there were fewer orcs guarding here, so I was able to find a chance to come in."
"I was also captured by the Gray Wolf Orcs. They killed my cub when it was the same age as you."
"You look a lot like my cub, I want to help you..."
The female's voice was very soft, her head lowered, her long hair covering her eyes.
Lu Li couldn't see her expression, but he felt an unprecedented tenderness.
He stood there in a daze, allowing the female to apply herbs on his body.
"This herb can help your wound heal faster. Once you're healed, run away if you have a chance. Staying here will only lead to your death."
The female gave him some instructions in a low voice after applying the herbs on him.
"How far is your tribe from here? Do you still have people outside?"
Seeing that Lu Li didn't say anything, the female asked with concern.
Lu Li's expression froze. He hugged his knees, curled up into a ball, lowered his head and said nothing.
"It's getting late, you should have a good rest. I'll come to see you tomorrow." The female sighed and had to pack up her things and leave.
After the female left, Lu Li's shoulders began to shake uncontrollably, and choked sobs came out, gradually turning into loud crying.
He was wrong.
Only at this moment did he realize that the patriarch was doing this for his own good.
No one targeted him, and no one bullied him.
The Gray Wolf Beastmen are their only enemies.
He has been making trouble unreasonably.
But he realized all this too late. He never had the chance to go back, and he could never make up for it.
The next morning.
While eating, the female secretly hides some cooked meat, wraps it in leaves, and prepares to take it to the cave at night.
Just as she walked out of the house, she heard the Gray Wolf beastmen cursing outside.
"It's really unlucky that he died in just one night."
"That's right. We wasted so much time catching him back. I haven't fought enough yet."
"This kid was so hungry that he was stupid. Not only did he eat a mouse, he actually swallowed a live mouse. The mouse bit through his stomach."
"You don't know, when I went in this morning, those rats were still gnawing at his intestines! It was so disgusting..."
Several Gray Wolf orcs were cursing.
The female who heard the conversation staggered and almost fell.
Others don't know, but she knows it clearly.
The cub ate several fruits last night, so there is no way he would be hungry enough to eat a mouse alive.
There is only one possibility.
He did it on purpose!
"Bang."
The leaves wrapped in the leaves hidden by the female in the house fell to the ground.
The leaves scattered and the cooked meat rolled all over the ground.
…
"Little sister! Little sister!"
Hu Jiaojiao was weaving with the other females when she suddenly heard Hu Qingyuan's loud voice.
A group of females also stopped what they were doing and looked at Hu Qingyuan in unison.
Hu Qingyuan was afraid of stepping on the ramie, so when he got closer he changed into a human form and hurriedly ran towards Hu Jiaojiao.
"Fourth brother, slow down. What happened? Why are you so anxious?"
"Big things..."
Hu Qingyuan was panting and almost suffocated due to a sudden brake.
Hu Jiaojiao put down the ball of thread in her hand, stood up and walked over, unable to resist saying:
“Fourth brother, you are so old now, and you are already a father’s beast, why are you still so irritable?”
"What is it? Tell me slowly."
Hu Qingyuan was panting, baring his teeth and smiling foolishly.
"Little sister, go check it out. Long Mo and the others are back."
As soon as these words came out.
Hu Jiaojiao's breathing stagnated and she stared at him blankly, still a little bit unable to believe it.
"Fourth brother, what did you say?"
"I said, Long Mo is back, little sister, you..."
Hu Qingyuan thought she hadn't heard it and was about to explain it again when his arm was suddenly grabbed and he was dragged forward without any control over his body.
"Where is Long Mo now, Fourth Brother, take me there quickly!"
Hu Jiaojiao simply dragged Hu Qingyuan forward.
Hu Qingyuan: "..."
Who said not to rush
Hu Jiaojiao ran too slowly. Hu Qingyuan reacted and grabbed her helplessly. He changed into a beast and brought her to the entrance of the tribe.
As soon as he saw Long Mo coming back, Hu Qingyuan went to find Hu Jiaojiao first.
When the two arrived, the chief was bringing a veterinarian to examine the orcs who had returned.
The orcs formed a circle, and there seemed to be two orcs lying on the ground.
Hu Jiaojiao's heart immediately hung in her throat.
"Is Long Mo injured? Where is he?"
Her heart tightened and she jumped off the white fox's back and was about to run over.
Unexpectedly, before he could run two steps, he was pulled back by a big hand and fell into a strong embrace.
"I'm here."